The Erosion of Union Membership in Germany: Determinants, Densities, Decompositions
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- Bernd Fitzenberger & Karsten Kohn & Qingwei Wang, 2011. "The erosion of union membership in Germany: determinants, densities, decompositions," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 24(1), pages 141-165, January.
- Fitzenberger, Bernd & Kohn, Karsten & Wang, Qingwei, 2006. "The Erosion of Union Membership in Germany: Determinants, Densities, Decompositions," ZEW Discussion Papers 06-066, ZEW - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung / Center for European Economic Research.
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Keywords
East Germany; union membership; union density; correlated random effects probit model; decomposition analysis; West Germany;JEL classification:
- J51 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ALL-2006-07-15 (All new papers)
- NEP-LAB-2006-07-15 (Labour Economics)
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